Harry Redknapp’s rebuilding mission at QPR will start on August 3 when Sheffield Wednesday visit Loftus Road on the first day of the new Championship season.

CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF:

Our injured columnist finds himself stranded in the desert and miles from the action as D-Day dawns in the Championship

Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy was elated after his side secured a precious 1-0 victory at home to Bolton.

Nottingham Forest 1 Bolton 1

Bolton 1 Everton 2

Injuries are as much a battle of the mind as the body

Sunderland boss Martin O'Neill was struggling to come to terms with another season without silverware after the Black Cats marked the 40th anniversary of their FA Cup triumph with a tame defeat to Bolton.

Bolton Wanderers striker Marvin Sordell was back on Twitter today despite fears from his manager Dougie Freedman that the striker has become ‘obsessed’ with social media.

Sunderland manager Martin O’Neill insists naming only six substitutes for their FA Cup third-round draw at Bolton was not meant as a message to owner Ellis Short.

Today we face Sunderland in the third round of the FA Cup.

Bolton 3 Birmingham 1

Bolton 1 Ipswich 2

Going into our game away to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park, I was unsure as to whether I would be playing after not featuring as much as I would have liked in the two previous matches.

Ian Holloway could hardly have wished for a better start to his new job as Crystal Palace boss as a Glenn Murray hat-trick helped the Eagles soar to the top of the npower Championship with a 5-0 thrashing of Ipswich.

Crystal Palace 2 Blackburn 0

Crystal Palace have confirmed Ian Holloway as their new manager on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

The managerial merry-go-round has stopped spinning, at least for now, but experience tells us that it won’t be long before it’s cranked up to full speed again.

I remember years ago my mother told me about how a friend of hers was asking how I was.

Wolves 2 Bolton 2

Dougie Freedman has left Crystal Palace and become the new manager of Bolton, the London club have confirmed.

Leeds fan Aaron Cawley was yesterday jailed for 16 weeks for attacking Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland during Friday night’s ill-tempered Yorkshire derby at Hillsborough, while the club he supports were left to try and clean up the mess.

Republic of Ireland defender Sean St Ledger remains a Leicester City player as reports of a move failed to materialise.

CRYSTAL PALACE boss Dougie Freedman believes the pressure is all on Cardiff City ahead of their Carling Cup semi-final second leg tomorrow night.

MATCHWINNER Antony Gardner believes Crystal Palace are well placed to reach the Carling Cup final after last night’s 1-0 success at Selhurst Park.

Crystal Palace 1 Cardiff 0

SUNDERLAND’S promising Irish defender John Egan has joined Championship side Crystal Palace on loan.

KAGISHO DIKGACOI’S late header secured a first home win for Palace since October and left Birmingham’s European adventurers empty-handed.

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish is dreaming of a “fairytale” Carling Cup final against Liverpool.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson apologised to supporters after Crystal Palace claimed a stunning Carling Cup win at Old Trafford last night.

GLENN MURRAY headed the winner in extra time as Championship side Crystal Palace stunned Manchester United in the Carling Cup quarter-finals last night.

Manchester United 1 Crystal Palace 2 (after extra time)

Leeds 3 Crystal Palace 2

Championship strugglers Crystal Palace could make a fresh move for Ipswich pair David Norris and Damien Delaney in the summer.

STEVEN CAULKER’S late equaliser saw Bristol City earn a 2-2 draw at QPR to deny the npower Championship leaders the chance to open up a seven-point gap at the top of the table yesterday.

Crystal Palace manager George Burley paid the price for this afternoon’s 3-0 defeat at Millwall when he was sacked by the south London club.

Former Scotland boss George Burley is the new manager of Crystal Palace.

JONNY Howson fired Leeds into the Coca-Cola League One play-off final at Wembley with a stunning last-minute winner to break Carlisle hearts at Brunton Park.

Leeds 1 Carlisle 2

MARLON KING scored one and created the other two as leaders Watford extended their unbeaten run in the Coca-Cola Championship to nine games with a 3-0 victory at Coventry last night.

Marlon King scored one and created the other two as leaders Watford extended their unbeaten run in the Coca-Cola Championship to nine games with a 3-0 victory at Coventry.

Leeds kept alive their hopes of fending off relegation with goals in each half from Matt Heath and Robbie Blake securing them a deserved win at Elland Road.

Crystal Palace 1 Sunderland 0

Crystal Palace 1 Sunderland 0